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AN ORDINANCE
State of South Carolina, Co
The Town of Newberrv.
For the purpose of meeting in Co
part the current expenses of the
Town government of the Town of
Newberry, in the State of South I
Carolina, for the fiscal year begin- CO
ning January 1st, 19o6, and to meet
in part such other indebtedness of!
said Town as may become due in
said fiscal year; Therefore, be it Co
ordained by the Mayor and Alder- Co
ien of the Town of Newberry, in I
said State, ii ouncil assembled and CO
byf authorit% i the same:
Section i That no person or Co
persons, firm, corporation or cor
porations, shall engage in, prose
cute or carry on any calling, trade, Co
business, occupation or profession I
hereinafter mentioned within the Co
cOrporate limits of said Town at Co
any time during said year after the Co
ptiblication of this ordinance with
out having first paid to said Town
a license or privilege tax therefor 1
*as follows, to wit:
A. De
Agents for, or dealers in fer
tlizer for sale, $ 20
Agents for, or dealers in pi
anos and organs, (either
or both), 10 00
Agents for, or dealers in
sewing machines (con- Dr
nected with other business
or alone) 20 00
Agents for, or dealers in E
lightning rods, 25 00
Agents for, or dealers in coal 5 oo
Agents for, or dealers in
maps, books, newspapers,
periodicals and other like
articles (other than licens
ed merchants who deal in
same) per day $5.oo or E
per year, 25 00
Agents for enlarging pic
tures, per day, $3.oo or
per year, 20 001
Agents for retailing goods
per day $5 or per year 100 oo~
Agents or dealers selling
mules, or horses, or cattle,
*either or all three, at pub
lic auction only, per day Fl
* 25, or pc-- year 50 001 Fl:
Agents or dealers (other1
than licensed sales sta
bles) selling mules or IFr
horses, either or both, per
week $5 or per year, 25 oo0G
Agents or dealers in fruit
trees per week $2 or per H
year, 10oo He
Agents for, or dealers in real H(
estate: selling or renting H<~
(other than licensed law
yers), 5 oo~
B. H(
Bakeries, $ 5 oo H
Ball, public (when admis-H
sion fee is charged) per
night. 2 oo I
Banks, capitalized at S5o,
ooo, or less 50 oo~
Banks. for every S1o,ooo Ini
capital in excess of $5o,
0o0. 100oo
Barber, for each shop, 5 o00J
Blacksmith, for each shop 5 oo
Bill poster, 7 50
Bootblacks. in barber shops,
hotels or elsewhere, each 1 00
Boot or shoe shop, makingK
or repairing, 5 o
Bottling works, soda water
or otherwvise. 10 00
Building and Loan Associa
tions; loan, saving or in
vestment companies, and
all companies or corpora
tions (except licensed
banks) engaged in the sale Kc
or purchase of real estate
or loaning money on real
estate or otherwise, 25 00
Boarding houses, public, 5 00 Kr
C.
Chiiropodists, per week $3; .L
per year, $ 10 00f
Circus, with or without me- L
nagerie, per day with
street parade, 100 00
Street parade alone $50;
for each side show, $xo Lu
per day.Li
Cleanigg, dressing or dye-Li
ing '(other than licensed
tailors, 2 50M
Coal dealers (alone or in.
connection with other
business), 50oo
Contractors or Builders for
contracts under $500, 5 00
Contractors or Builders for I
contracts over $5oo and
not exceeding $2,500, 10 00
ranractors or Builders for
:ontracts over $2,500 and
niot exceeding $5,o00, 15 00
ntractors or Builders for
:ontracts over S5,000, 25 00
mmission Merchants or
.ommission Brokers, each
)r each firm and for each
>lace of business, 25 00
tton Mills or Factories,
Eor each $50,0oo or frac
-ional part thereof of its
:apital stock. 12 50
tton Seed Oil Mills, 50 00
tton Seed Oil Mills that
iianufacture fertilizers, 6o oo
tton Gin and Press, i to
5 gins inclusive, 10 00
tton Gin and Press, over
5 gins, for each additional
Yin over 5, 00
tton Buyer, for each place
)f business. 10 00
tton Seed Buyer, 5 00
tton Weigher. 500
nveyancer, drawing deeds
rnortgages or contracts
for compensation (other
han licensed lawyers), 5 00
D.
ntists or tooth extractors,
$ 5 00
ogs, upon each and every
log, the owner or person
upon whose premises the
ame is kept shall pay the
um of 50
uggists, licensed as mer
hants.
E.
xhange, bucket shop
(firm, individual or cor
>oration) carrying on the
)usiness of dealing in op
:ions or futures in cotton,
rain, provisions or other
supplies, on margins or
)therwise, $ 50 00
:press Companies, each,
For business done within
:he Town of Newberry,
nd not included busi
iess done for the United
tates Government, or any
>usiness done to and from
points beyond the limits
>f this state. 50 00
F.
ring Jenny, $ 50 00
ring Jenny for less time
:han one year at the rate
>f $10 per week.
esh Fish, 10 00
G.
in Shop, etc., $ 15 00
H.
iks, used for hire $ 10 00
rness Shop, etc., 5 00
tels, each,. 15 00
rse or Mvule Traders
(others than licensed sale
tables), 25 00
rse or Mule .Trader,
:ransient, per week, 6 00
use Painters, per year, 5 00
I.
:Dealers, retail, each
iouse or lace of busi
ess, ,~ $ 500
urance Companies, each
ife, fire or accident, 1O 00
ak shop, or scrap iron
ealer, $ 5 00
delers, licensed as mer
:ants.
K..
rosene or other oil comn
anies having an agency
r office in the Town of
\ewberr, or a stationary
r portable tank or tanks
for receiving and storing
>i1, selling or delivering
>il within the imits of the
;aid town each, S 100 00
rosene Oil Companies or
Agencies having no sta
:ionary or portable tanks
nut selling in original
ackages, each, .50 00
titting Mills. 20 00
L.
undry, steam, or agent for
;team laundry, $ 10 00~
wyers, each, shall pay on
heir income according to
:he scale of rates fixed
or merchants.
mber yards, or dealers, 10 00
rery, Feed or Sale Stable, 25 00
M.
irble Yard, $ 10 00
~rchants: .All merchants
hall pay .a license or privi
ege tax according to the
~ollowing schedules of
gross sales (cash and cred
t) and upon sworn re
urns the gross sales for
he year ending December
;I, 19n:- shall be the basis
upon which said license or
privilege tax shall be com
puted and paid:
Sales amounting to $r,ooo or
under. $ 5 oo
Sales over $i,ooo and under
$3,000, 10 00
Sales amounting to $3-ooo
and tinder $5,000, 12 00
Sales amounting to $5,ooo
and under $i,ooo 15 00
Sales amounting to So,ooo
and under $20,000, 20 00
Sales amounting to $20,ooo
and under $30,000, 25 00
Sales amounting to $30,000
and under $40,ooo, 30 00
Sales amounting to $40,000
and under $5o,ooo, 35 00
Sales amounting to $50.000
and under $60,000, 40 00
Sales amounting to $6o,ooo
and under $70,000, 45 00
Sales amounting to $70,000
and under $8o,ooo, 50 00
Sales amounting to $8o,ooo
and under $9o,ooo, 55 00
Sales amounting to $90,ooo
and under $ioo,ooo, 60 oc
Sales amounting to $1oo,ooo
and under $i1,o0, 65 oc
Sales amounting to $110,000
and under $13o,000, 75 OC
Sales amounting to $13o,ooo
and over, 85 00
Merchants: All merchants
who may not come within
any of the foregoing class
es by reason of their not
having been in business
during the whole of the
fiscal year ending Decem
ber 31st, 1905, but have
been in business in said
Town during a part of
said year, shall pay a li
cense or privilege' tax
upon their estimated gross
sales for the year, said es
timate to be made or com
puted upon the basis of
gross sales, upon sworn
statements, for time such
merchant or merchants
have been engaged in bus
iness in said Town during
the fiscal year ending De
cember 31st, 1905, the rate
of license shall be the same
as that fixed in the fore
going schedule for mer
chants.
Merchants: And all mer
chants not embraced in
any- of the foregoing class
es wvho may begin busi
ness in said Town on or
after the first day of Jan
uary, A. D. 1906 shall pay
a license or privilege tax
of 15 00
Manufacturers of Coffins, 25 00
N.
Newspapers, each, S 5 o0
Newsboys, selling papers on
streets, each, I oc
0.
Oculist or Optician, per
week, $3.00, per y-ear. $ 25 00
P.
Printing Office, job, $ 5 00
Piano or Organ Tuner or
Repairer, per month, $3.00
per year, 8 .0c
Photographers, for each
place of business, 5 00
Photographers, itinerant, per
week, 5 00
Physicians shall pay on their
income according to scale
of rates fixed for mer
chants.
Physicians. itineran , per
month. 10 0o
'' R.
Restaurant, $ 5 0
S.
Stables, sale only, $ 20 oo
Sign painters, per day $1.oo,
per year, .5 0o
Stock yard, etc., per week
$3.oo per annum,3 10 00
T.
Tailor, merchant, $ 5 00
Tailors, not merchant, en
gaged in making and re
pairing, or either, 5 00
Telegraph Companies or A
gencies, each for business
done within the Town of
Newberry, and not includ
ing any business done for
the United States govern
ment, or any business done
to or from points beyond
the limits of this state, Too 00
Telephone Companies, foi
business clone exclusively
within the Town of New
berry, and not including
an busine dlone to or
from such service shall hereafter be
30 exempt from the charge of any li
cense for the carrying on of any
business or profession within the
state, or any city, town or village
yo therein; Provided, That such sol
dier or sailor shall file with the clerk
of court of the county in which he
to resides the proper evidence of his
)o service in the Confederate war:
g, Provided, further, That no part
0 nership shall exist in any business
d or profession with any person not
a bona fide soldier or sailor of the
Df Confederate states."
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the Doctor directs it to be <
in We handle first-class good
is We generally have what 3
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or might by telephoning No. 10
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I-Routes, Etc., c<
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al AIR -LINE
nNORTH -SOUTH
to Two Daily Pullman Ve
ce~ Between SOUTH a
of FIRST-CL.ASS DINI
e The Best Rates and Ro
Via Richmond and *
w Norfolk and Stearr
SC Nashville, Memph
a-Louis, Chicago, Ne
Points South and South
lland Jacksonville and
Sand Cuba.
POSSITIVELy THE SHo!
of NORTH AN
th a'For detailed information
6.man reservations, etc., appL'
board Air Line Railway, or ~J
Passenger Agent, Columbia,
C. F. STEWART, A
SAVANNA
Wr L. BUnnnUGIIS T..y.
from points beyond the
limits of this state, ioo
U.
Undertakers or Embalmers,
either or both, $ 8
Umbrella repairer, per day,
$i.oo, per annum, 5
W.
Warehouse, for storage by
the public, S 25 '
Woodyard,
Section 2. That for any callin
trade, business, occupation or pr
fession not enumerated or provi
ed for in this ordinance or any ot
er ordinance of said Town now
force, the license shall be regulat,
and imposed by the Town Cou
cil of said Town at any meeti1
of the same.
Section 3. That the Town Cou
cil of said Town hereby reserv
the right to refuse or revoke ai
license for any cause which m
seem to it just.
Section 4. That any person, fit
or corporation making any false
fraudulent return, shall upon co
viction be punished. as herein afi
provided for the violation of tl
ordinance or any part thereof.
Section 5. That whenever
)this ordinance the term "dealer"
used the same shall include not or
the principal, but in his, her
their absence shall include a
agent, clerk or employee managi
the business respectively referr
to; and generally, where a licer
is herein imposed upon any busin<
and the same is carried on or cc
ducted by an agent, clerk or ei
ployee, such agent, clerk or e:
ployee shall be subject to the pe
alties imposed in this ordinance I
its protection, should the said bu
ness be carried on without taki:
out such license,. in the same ma
ner as if he, she or they were t
proprietor or proprietors of s
business.
Section 6. Any violation of t]
ordinance or any part thereof sh
subject the.offender or offend<
each to a fine not exceeding o
hundred dollars or to imprisonme
w~ith or without hard labor upon t
streets or other public works
said Town for a period not excet
ing thirty days, at the discretion
the court.
Section 7. That any person
persons. firm or cor'poration, or t
agent. clerk or employee in char
or managing the same. who sh
engage in, prosecute or carry
any calling, trade, business, occuj
tion or profession upon which a
cense or privilege tax may he:
after be imposed by the Toa
Council of said Town. without he
ing taken out a license theref'
shall, upon conviction, be each fin
in a sum not exceeding one hundr
dollars, or imprisonment with
without hard labor upon the stre<
or other public works of said Toa
for a period not exceeding thii
days. at the discretion of the cou
Section 8. That each day a
person or persons, firm or corpoi
tion shall violate this ordinance
any part theref, by reason of a
failure or refusal to take out a
*license herein provided for, sh
constitute a separate offense, a
such offender or offenders shall 1
for each day's offense subject
the penalties herein provided.
*Section 9. That this ordinar'
shall not operate as a repeal of a
ordinance of said Town now
force imposing a license or pri'
lege tax upon any calling, tra(
business, occupation or professic
except such part or parts only
said ordinance or ordinances n<
of force as may impose a licera
upon any calling, business, occur
tion or profession herein specifit
named or enumerated.
Section 10. This ordinance sh;
be of force and effect on and a
ter the sixth day of January, A.
196.
Done and ratified under the cc
porate seal of the Town
Newberry, in the State
(SEA L) South Carolina, this 4
day of January, A. D. 19
A. T. BROWN,
Mayor of Newberry, S. C.
Attest:
Eugene S. Werts,
IC. &T. T.C. N.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS EXEM PT
Byv an act of the legislature, a
proved February 25, 1904, "all sc
diers and sailors of the Confedera
states who enlisted from this stal
-an whower honorably dischargi
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMEN
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will on the 5th day of
February, 19o6, make a final set
tlement on the estate of M. L. Kin
ard, deceased, and will immediately
thereafter apply to the Probate
Judge for Newberry County for
Letters Dismissory as Administra
tor of said estate.
W. W. Kinard,
Administrator.
Newberry, S. C., Jan. 8, i9c6.
A Reason
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